Inequality | Black, Asian & Mixed Race staff quitting due to lack of flexibility

A third of Black, Asian, Mixed Race and ethnically diverse people have left or considered leaving a job due to lack of flexibility, according to new research commissioned by Business In The Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network and Ipsos UK.

This compares to one-fifth of the white working population, who’ve also considered leaving a role due to lack of flexibility, suggesting that Black, Asian, Mixed Race and ethnically diverse people feel less supported by their employers than white people.

The researcher was conducted as part of a gender equality campaign by BITC to better understand experiences and challenges around combining paid work and care (whether that’s childcare or other caring responsibilities) in the UK. The researchers surveyed 5,444 people across the UK Black, Asian, Mixed Race and ethnically diverse workers, those on lower incomes and those working shifts, were not only more likely to have considered leaving a job due to lack of flexibility but are also less likely to have applied for a job or promotion.

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Lower income workers felt less supported with regard to childcare than those on higher incomes; one in two (50%) workers in households with incomes under £26,0000 per year felt supported by employers with their childcare, compared with three quarters (75%) of those from households earning £26,000 per year or more.